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/<item><title>Current events: 2024-08-16</title><link>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_16</link><description><p><br /> <b>Armed conflicts and attacks</b> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine">Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2024_Kursk_Oblast_incursion" title="August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion">August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> reports capturing 82 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> settlements within an area of {{conv|1150|sqkm|sqmi}} since the start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast" title="Kursk Oblast">Kursk</a> incursion on August 6. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-its-forces-advance-1-3-km-russias-kursk-region-2024-08-16/">(Reuters)</a> </li><li>Over 120,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russian citizens</a> have been evacuated according to Russia, and at least 100 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" title="Russian Ground Forces">Russian soldiers</a> are captured according to Ukraine. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-fighting-sudzha-kursk-090f03d7f809af49ae9957e851525eb1">(AP)</a> </li><li>Russia accuses the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European nations</a> of directly helping Ukraine in its incursion on Kursk Oblast by planning operations and providing military support, and states that their involvement "created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and lose part of its territories". <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-aide-says-nato-west-helped-ukraine-attack-russia-2024-08-16/">(Reuters)</a> </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="IsraeliâPalestinian conflict">IsraeliâPalestinian conflict</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Israeli occupation of the West Bank">Israeli occupation of the West Bank</a> <ul><li>One <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian" title="Palestinian">Palestinian</a> is killed and many houses are burned down in a large organized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> settler raid on the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jit%2C_Qalqilya" title="Jit, Qalqilya">Jit</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalqilya_Governorate" title="Qalqilya Governorate">Qalqilya Governorate</a>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/17/middleeast/west-bank-settler-attack-jit-israel-intl/index.html">(CNN)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinians-describe-brutal-west-bank-settler-attack-2024-08-16/">(Reuters)</a> </li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_conflict" title="Ituri conflict">Ituri conflict</a> <ul><li>Sixteen people are killed and 20 more kidnapped during an attack by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Democratic_Forces" title="Allied Democratic Forces">Allied Democratic Forces</a> militants at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_land" title="Agricultural land">agricultural lands</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambasa" title="Mambasa">Mambasa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_Province" title="Ituri Province">Ituri Province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congo-violence-islamicstate-ituri-e8a24f7922bad8c2599c65dc94ea0537">(AP)</a> </li></ul></li></ul></p><p><b>Disasters and accidents</b> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Pacific_typhoon_season" title="2024 Pacific typhoon season">2024 Pacific typhoon season</a> <ul><li>Thousands of people are ordered to evacuate in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Ampil" title="Typhoon Ampil">Typhoon Ampil</a> approaches the country. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/typhoon-tokyo-weather-travel-ba8d2f8405a43942110873dd6912299a">(AP)</a> </li></ul></li><li>At least 54 people are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a> after days of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">floods</a>. <a href="https://al24news.com/en/floods-kill-54-in-northern-chad-governor/">(AL24News)</a> </li></ul></p><p><b>Health and environment</b> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Gaza_Strip_polio_outbreak" title="2024 Gaza Strip polio outbreak">2024 Gaza Strip polio outbreak</a> <ul><li>The first case of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a> in 25 years is confirmed, coming from an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_al-Balah" title="Deir al-Balah">Deir al-Balah</a>. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2024/08/17/officials-report-case-of-polio-in-gaza-as-un-appeals-for-ceasefire-to-roll-out-vaccines">(Euronews)</a> </li></ul></li></ul></p><p><b>Law and crime</b> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_%282018%E2%80%93present%29" title="Haitian crisis (2018âpresent)">Haitian crisis</a> <ul><li>Eleven inmates are killed during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout" title="Shootout">shootouts</a> with police after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_escape" title="Prison escape">escaping from a jail</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Marc" title="Saint-Marc">Saint-Marc</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/17/nearly-a-dozen-inmates-killed-in-haiti-prison-break">(Al Jazeera)</a> </li></ul></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bulgaria" title="LGBT rights in Bulgaria">LGBT rights in Bulgaria</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> passes a new amendment by a large parliamentary majority that bans â<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_propaganda" title="LGBT propaganda">propaganda, promotion, and incitementâ of LGBT âideas and views</a>â in schools, sparking criticism from several European LGBTQ+ organizations stating that the law will <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_exclusion" title="Social exclusion">marginalize</a> LGBTQ+ children. <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-anti-lgbtq-law-ban-propaganda-school-ruman-rudev/">(Politico)</a> </li></ul></li><li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Federal_Police" title="Argentine Federal Police">Argentine Federal Police</a> dismantle an alleged Islamist terrorist organization planning attacks against Jewish community centers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza%2C_Argentina" title="Mendoza, Argentina">Mendoza</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentine-police-thwart-alleged-terror-attacks-mendoza-2024-08-17/">(Reuters)</a> </li></ul></p><p><b>Politics and elections</b> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 United States presidential election</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign">Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> presidential candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West" title="Cornel West">Cornel West</a> and his running mate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melina_Abdullah" title="Melina Abdullah">Melina Abdullah</a> are both disqualified from and refused entry on the 2024 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> Presidential Election ballot due to an improperly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notary" title="Notary">notarized</a> form. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/16/cornel-west-michigan-disqualified/">(<i>Washington Post</i>)</a> </li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Dominican_Republic_general_election" title="2024 Dominican Republic general election">2024 Dominican Republic general election</a> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Abinader" title="Luis Abinader">Luis Abinader</a> is sworn in for a second term as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="President of the Dominican Republic">President of the Dominican Republic</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republics-abinader-names-cabinet-posts-leaders-gather-inauguration-2024-08-16/">(Reuters)</a> </li></ul></li><li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_House_of_Representatives" title="Thai House of Representatives">Thai House of Representatives</a> selects <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paetongtarn_Shinawatra" title="Paetongtarn Shinawatra">Paetongtarn Shinawatra</a> as the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">Prime Minister</a>, replacing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srettha_Thavisin" title="Srettha Thavisin">Srettha Thavisin</a> who was dismissed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Thailand" title="Constitutional Court of Thailand">Constitutional Court</a> on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-16/thailand-new-pm-thaksin-s-daughter-paetongtarn-shinawatra-elected-as-premier">(Bloomberg)</a> </li></ul></p></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0000</pubDate></item>
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